November 11th is a bit crowded with significant history notes…
The Cherry Valley Massacre [1] took place November 11, 1778. According to the Infogalactic wiki:
“The Cherry Valley Massacre was an attack by British [2] and Iroquois [3] forces on a fort and the village of Cherry Valley [4] in eastern New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War [5]. It has been described as one of the most horrific frontier massacres of the war. A mixed force of Loyalists [6], British soldiers, Seneca [7] and Mohawks [8] descended on Cherry Valley, whose defenders, despite warnings, were unprepared for the attack. During the raid, the Seneca in particular targeted non-combatants, and reports state that 30 such individuals were slain, in addition to a number of armed defenders.”
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November 11th is of course Veteran’s Day, set in remembrance of the 11th of November 1918 ceasefire in World War I. If you value your freedom, then thank a veteran.
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It is also the birthday of General George S. Patton, Jr. (born 1885, died December 21, 1945).
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November 11th also marks Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) [9], in 1965. Remember Rhodesia!
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Optics Planet [10] (one of our affiliate advertisers) is running a 10% off sale, for any order over $75, just for Veteran’s Day weekend. The sale started on November 10th and ends on November 13th.
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Today’s feature article is by Don Shift. It is an excerpt from his book Basic SHTF Radio: A cop’s brief guide for understanding simple solutions for SHTF radio communication, available on Amazon.com. This article is not eligible for judging in the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [11], because the author is a SurvivalBlog advertiser.
Get your article in for Round 103! More than $750,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 103 ends on November 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [12] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.